New theory reveals fracture mechanism in soft materials

https://phys.org/news/2024-07-theory-reveals-fracture-mechanism-soft.html

"new defect-free materials more resistant, durable, environmentally friendly... fracture propagates from material's free surface, starting from elastic instability breaking symmetry, drastically extending as crack network spreading like vortex turbulence in fluids... extremely resistant defect-free devices such as smartphones, tablets, laptops, with screens withstanding shocks and drops, medical implantable devices, aerospace"